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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Josh Billings

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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Feels
Anger
Something
Listening
Time
Hold
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Inspirational
Best
Busting
Feel
Bust
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Tongue

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